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Blazers win their 10th of season, Blues sideline Elks
The Sackville Blazers continued their winning weekend at home Saturday evening by doubling the Membertou Jr. Miners 6-3. Degen Noble notched the game winning goal, his 11th of the season, 23 seconds into the third period for the Blazers. The Blazers opened up a 2-1 lead after one on a power-play goal from Noah Healy and another from Daniel Surrette. Nathan MacMillan scored for the Jr. Miners in between the two goals. Nathaniel Fuller with the first of his 2 on the evening tied it up for the Jr. Miners at 2-2 with 6:52 having elapsed in the second but Mitchell Comeau’s goal 1:46 later gave the Blazers a lead they never looked back on. Comeau also helped out with assists on 3 other Blazers goals. Following Noble’s game winner, Jack Walsh made it 5-2 Blazers before Fuller scored his second of the game. The final goal of the contest went to Brian Grandy who scored short-handed. Membertou outshot the Blazers 41-33. This concluded the season series between the Jr. Miners and Blazers as the Jr. Miners won the first game on their home ice 6-4 back in October. Sackville going into their game Monday Nov 22 against the Capstone Colts hold a down a 10-3-1 mark for 21 points and first place in the Fred fox Division, 7 ahead of both East Hants and Liverpool.